Pushing
Patriotic with a
passion, all who can
crowd onto the main
plaza respond to El
Grito -the presi
dent's cry of i Viva
Mexicol on Septem
ber 15, the eve of
Independence Day.
"They may scream
at the government
all year, but tonight
people come out to
cheer," says one
resident of the capi
tal. There's plenty
to inspire complaint
in a megacity of at
least 16 million
people. Yet migrants
pour in daily from
the provinces,
hoping against all
odds to find better
jobs and more com
fortable lives.
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